Seeing the trees for the forest: WHRC scientists creating national biomass and carbon dataset
...baseline data set for the assessment of the carbon stock in U.S. forest vegetation and will improve current...s of actual vegetation height, biomass, and carbon stock using survey data from the U.S. Forest Service FIA program and ancillary data sets from the Nationa...'Might have been' key in evaluating behavior
... now have a kind of neural catalogue of how famous stock market episodes affect signals in the average human brain," said Montague. He plans to use the findings from this study to explore the balance of choices between actual and fictive outcomes. "These results provide a new tool for exploring issue...Spud origin controversy solved
...ose from crosses with Chilean potatoes as breeding stock after the Irish potato famine in the 1840s. Using molecular markers, the scientists found that the Canary Island landraces possessed both Andean and Chilean types, as well as possible hybrids of the two. In combination with other historical, mole...Salmon tracking program expands to California
...e can collect an estimated 1 percent sample of the stock at a given time," Banks said. "We're aiming for 200 samples every week, in all four regions." The National Marine Fisheries Service is providing another $400,000 to help offset costs of participating fishermen and the genetic testing of the samples...Journal details how global warming will affect the world's fisheries
...gime is much more important for development of the stock and the economics of the fishery than the temperat...sing variations in growth and migrations of a fish stock shared by two countries. They consider how incomplete information may affect fishery exploitation wh...K-State biologist hopes mosquito can break viral chain
...s less finicky than others," so Clem won't need to stock their cages with sweaty socks. (Some mosquitoes won't feed without the persuasive scent of humans in the air.) Clem, who studies molecular virology, is going out of his way to accommodate A. aegypti in hopes of learning more about how viruses disru...Research identifies protein that signals flowering in squash plants
...g flowering Cucurbita maxima (pumpkin) stocks (the stock is the portion below the graft union containing the roots) grafted to non-induced, LD-grown C. moschata scions (the portion above the graft union). These experiments led to flowering of the C. moschata scions, indicating efficient transmission of a f...The fisherman is a predator like any other
...ould improve monitoring and hence operational fish stock management. The characteristics of movements tr...ver have immediate practical applications for fish stock management, as VMS data analysis provided an indication in real time of the fragility of the stock d...New screening method to help find better biofuel crops
...th different growing conditions, or with different stock material, Smith said, so we can determine if there is an optimal time to harvest a particular crop. Plant material for the project will be provided by collaborator Ken Moore, Iowa State University agronomy professor and expert in biomass crop syste...Who needs environmental monitoring?
We monitor the stock market, the weather, our blood pressure. Yet environmental monitoring is often criticized as being unscientific, expensive, and wasteful. Scientists argue that environmental monitoring is a crucial part of science in the review, Who needs environment...Study helps preserve Arctic whale, Eskimo subsistence hunt
...o shed light on the animal's population makeup, or stock structure. This information is vital for effective management, Bickham said. If, for example, there were distinct subpopulations, the quota would likely be lowered to protect these groups, Bickham said. Researchers typically calculate genetic varia...UN issues analysis of global investors' sustainable energy 'gold rush'
... coming from the venture investment community, the stock markets and internal refinancings, signaling the s...ublicly quoted companies attracted the most public stock market investment dollars: $5.7 billion compared to $3.5 billion in the U.S. The pattern reflect...The fisherman is a predator like any other
...ould improve monitoring and henceoperational fi sh stock management. The characteristics of movements trace...ver have immediatepractical applications for fi sh stock management,as VMS data analysis provided anindication in real time of the fragility of thestock draw...Forecasting system provides flood warnings to vulnerable residents of Bangladesh
...ponds with nets to prevent fish from escaping, and stock food and other supplies. "The goal here is to help very local, grassroots economies," Hopson explains. "The forecasts also alert relief agencies to prepare to bring in drinking water, cholera tablets, and other essentials in case of a major flood."...Census of Marine Life historians detail collapse of bluefin tuna population off northern Europe
...to better protection in U.S. waters. The spawning stock has dropped 90% in the past 30 years. Using data from 28 tagged Atlantic bluefins (recording location, depth, water temperature, light level and the tunas abdominal temperature), the researchers correlated the breeding behaviours revealed by the ta...Swarming starlings help probe plasma, crowds and stock market
...que could even be used to find unusual patterns in stock market behaviour. The researchers began their wo...ck research team think it could also be used for stock market analysis The technique is particularly good at uncovering clumping of particles, movements ...